How to Stay Safe in Bear Country
One of the things people tell me all of the time is that they are too scared of bears to do any wilderness camping or hiking. Let me reassure you- you are much more likely to…
One of the things people tell me all of the time is that they are too scared of bears to do any wilderness camping or hiking. Let me reassure you- you are much more likely to…
If you have ever hiked with kids, you know that whining sometimes (often?) occurs. And I am here to tell you that nothing cures whining faster than a bag of their favorite trail snacks. So whenever…
While I generally like to use my dehydrator to make the meals we take backpacking, I don’t always have the time to do so. No big deal. It is easy to make lightweight, inexpensive, delicious and…
While organizing past pictures in my computer, I realized that I never posted about some of the National Parks we visited during our Southwest summer road trip, so I am now playing catch up! Due to…
Phew! I just finished booking our Mount St Helens hiking permit in July during our 10 week road trip this summer, and that was truly stressful! I got the idea of us hiking this famous volcano…
Planning a backpacking adventure and you don’t know what to pack? I’m going to share with you my backpacking gear list that has everything you need to pack when backpacking. Of course, you need to make…